The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-02-02
POLITICAL.

Hon. Philetus Sawyer was formally
reelected United States Senator from Wlscon-
sin by the Legislature in joint session at Mad
ison The joint ballot in the United States
Senatorshp fight in Texas took place Welnes-
day, but without result Four ballots were
taken, the last one standing: Reagan, 81 (;
Maxey, A; Ireland, 80; Shepherd, l. The Re
publican members of the New Jersey
Legislature absented themselves from
the joint session which was held
on Wednesday. Leon Albeit received the
votes of thirty eight Democrats for Senator
Forty-one votes constitute a majority in joint
session Another ballot for United States
Senator was taken on Wednesday by the In-
diana Legislature, but no change in the vote
occurred The Joint ballot of the West Vir-
ginia Legislature for Senator on Wednes-
day called into the field as the Republican
candidate W. r. Wiley, an octogenarian who
was the first Senator from that State after its
organization. He received 40 votes, and J. n.
Camden 50 The latter lacked votes of an
election
The Rhode Island House adopted a
joint resolution for the appointment of joint
charges of rank corruption during the May
Sc 'sion in 1856.
The Democrats of Philadelphia have
nominated Charles H. Barnes for Mayor.
A Santa Fe telegram says that A.
Gusdorf, Democratic member of the Legsla-
ture from Taos County, was unseated and
Pedro Sanchez (Rep) given his seat, on a COM
mittee report charging Gusdorf with obtain
ing an election 10y means of intimidation and
fraud. The Democratic Senators left the
House in a body, leaving the Republicans with
out quorum. The Sergeant-at-Arms, how
ever, brought back Senator Romero, and San
chez was then sworn i'll by the President of the
Senate, the Secretary of the Territory refus-
ing to administer the oath
The bill repeating the law giving
women the right to vote at school elections
was killed in thu Wisconsin Assembly
The Michigan Senate passed the
House joint resolution to submit prohbitory
amendment at the spring election. Tho Ohio
House rejected the township local-option bill.
The Committee on Railroads of the
Nebraska House have recommended the pass
age of the bill repeating the Railway Commits
sion act
Tie resolution for the submission to
popular vote of prohibition amendment to
the State Constitution, which was adopted by
both houses of the NJ chigap Legislature, has
been signed by the Governor, and will be
voted on in April next
A bill is now before the Indiana Leg
islature the provisions of which are of so ex-
traordinary a character as to make the pro-
posed law Of general interest The bill simply
provides that in case of willful homicide in
which the slayer is the father, brother or hus-
band of seduced girl or woman, and the slain
is proven to have been the seducer action for
murder or manslaughter shall not lie. Under
such circumstances the offense Of Staying is
reduced to a misdemeanor, punishable only by
| fine, without Imprisonment This is the first
instance of an attempt to enact a law which
would, under any circumstances, make the
willful taking of human life a simple INSIDE
meanor 1t Is understood that similar bill
| is TO be introduced in the Illinois Legislature
Tho Tennessee Senate has passed on
It's final reading the prohibition amendm mt to
the constitution, the vote being-yeas, 81 /;
nays, ,.
A bill prohibiting marriages between
white and colored persons has been introduced
in the Illinois Senate
A bill empowering women to vote at
municipal elections passed the Kansas Senate
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